Western Gateway Elementary School Job Description
Job Title: School Nurse FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports To: Head of School Salary: Commensurate with experience & qualifications
Work Schedule: Part-Time
Summary:The school nurse advances the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. The school nurse facilitates positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and, actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning.
● Provides leadership in the development and promotion of a comprehensive health program.● Advocates for the health rights of children.● Promotes an optimal level of health for students and staff.● Serves as a consultant for the health concerns of students, families, and staff.● Promotes sound health care practices within the school and community.● Serves as a link between health care providers, families, staff, and community agencies.
As defined in the Oklahoma State Statute Title 70 Section 1-116(7): A school nurse employed full time by a board of education shall be a registered nurse licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education, and certified the same as a teacher by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE). A school nurse employed by a board of education shall be accorded the same protection of laws and all other benefits accorded a certified teacher.
Competency for School Nurse certification is found on the OSDE website at http://www.ok.gov/sde/under Educators, then toCertification Guide for School Staff Assignments. Information on certification can be found by written request or telephone request to the: Oklahoma State Department of Education Professional Standards Section Hodge Education Building - Room212 2500 North Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-4599
Western Gateway Elementary School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
DUTIES: The school nurse performs duties in a manner consistent with professional standards, state nurse practice acts, other state and local statutes and/or regulations applicable to school nursing practice, and adheres to school district policies. A school nurse serves as the health professional coordinator for all school health programs:
● Promotes and protects the optimal health status of children.● Develops guidelines for the management of illness and injury interventions.● Provides training to designated staff on recognition of signs and symptoms of illness and disease.● Performs health assessments and participates in IEP development.● Performs nursing procedures such as ventilator care, gastrostomy feedings, tracheostomy care, catheterization, etc.● Provides health assessments, which includes screening for various health factors impacting student education.● Provides health education and lessons regarding health-related issues.● Maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.● Provides chronic disease management and education.● Plans and implements Individualized Healthcare Plans (IHP) and services for children with disabilities and/or health conditions that interfere with learning, including medication administration and monitoring.● Provides assessments, interventions, and individualized plans for students with mental health concerns. (e.g. Diabetes Plans)● Participates as the health consultant on school teams.● Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases through immunization programs, early intervention, surveillance, reporting, and follow-up of contagious diseases.● Recommends provisions for a healthy school environment conducive to learning.● Provides health education, health resources, wellness programs, and curriculum recommendations to the school staff.● Engages in research and evaluation of school health services.● Assists in the formation of health policies, goals, and objectives for the school district.● Coordinates school/community health activities and serves as liaison between school, home, community, and health care providers.
SCOPE & STANDARDS:Scope and Standards (American Nurses Association, 2005) define the role of the school nurse in providing school health services. This document may be used to assist school nursing personnel in articulating a practice role and in developing tools to assist in the evaluation of practice. The standards of school nursing practice are written within a framework of the nursing process and include data collection, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation. Standards of practice and the nursing process are essential tools for providing care for any individual in the school setting and for the development of individualized healthcare plans for students with special health care needs. www.ok.gov/nursing.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:Ability to read, analyze and interpret general professional journals, technical procedures, and/or government regulations.Ability to write reports and correspondences as may be appropriate. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions in one-on-one and small group situations to students, parents, teachers, staff and the general public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:Ability to plan budgets and use the mathematical skills required to do so. Ability to maintain accurate records and supportive documentation for projects under the supervision of the position.
REASONABLE ABILITY:Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical and diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:Ability to use computer and computer related programs and other technologies needed to perform essential job functions.Ability to apply knowledge and current research and theory. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and the community. Ability to organize and chair or facilitate committees and meetings. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to perform duties and awareness of all school requirements and Board of Directors policies.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works inside. The noise level in the work environment is quiet to loud depending on the activities in the particular part of the day and location.
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $35.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Physical Setting:
Language:
License/Certification:
- LPN (Preferred)
- RN (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
